Collection Highlights
These ephemeral documents cover a variety of social topics from British, Canadian, and international history.
The Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana is the centerpiece of our library and is intended to preserve Canadian literature and history.
The personal and working collections of several prolific authors.
Thousands of broadsides and posters covering a variety of topics and time periods.
A collection of books donated from the former Garden Island Mechanics' Institute.
The Marian Webb Botanical Collection includes publications pertaining to the study of botany, including rare herbals and books related to ethnobotany, medicinal botany, and the botanical arts.
The Lambo Collection on the History of Medicine consists of antiquarian books from the private library of Dr. Thomas Adeoye Lambo, MD., PhD., D.Sc. (1923-2004).
The main strength of the Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection is British history and culture of the 16th through 18th centuries.